Strobe lights (or stroboscopes) have been used to study the behavior of rotating machinery, oscillating vibration of components or structures and for balancing for a number of years. Functionally, ...

This first implementation allows the potentiometer to adjust the brightness of the LED. To adjust the brightness so that it is consistently bright on one side of the potentiometer’s range and dim on ...

Recently I was able to build a version of a tiny microcontroller-based LED strobe light for RC airplanes. The build is not very advanced, but it is almost a complete kit. Let’s start with the easy ...

Greg Kessinger is SD&I’s fire alarm and codes expert and a regular contributor. Email him your fire & life safety questions at [email protected]. I recently ran into someone who had this story ...

The front- and rear-mounted amber lens strobe lights can be seen from as far away as 1,000 feet during the day and a mile at night, the company said. (Photo courtesy of Ford Motor Co.) A ...